Repair/Restoration: Atari 400 Part 1

I never owned one of these, though I did visit someone who had one and they were playing Star Raiders. I spent a good few hours playing that and remember it was quite good.

When I happened across this one on eBay with cartridges, boxed paddles and the manuals in untested condition, I decided to go for it. I tracked down a PSU, two 'untested' tape decks and some cassettes so lets see if I can get this working. While I do have the Star Raiders cartridge, I don't have the pad yet so I'll need to wait a bit to play that unfortunately!

Atari 400 Parts Used

Axial 16v 10uf x 2
Axial 16v 22uf
Axial 16v 2200uf x 2
Axial 16v 470uf x 2
Radial 16v 4700uf
7805
7812


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